Month: May 2014
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ΙΧΘΥΣ. Fish extinction. Science as a Religion. Christianism as a… well, NOT a religion.
Scientists predict the extinction of salty water fish by 2048. (1) Like every new religion, science needs its doom prophecies. But Christianism did not predict doom. Like every new religion, science needs to scare people. But Christianism gave people hope by predicting the coming of Love. Like every knew religion, it needs to capitalize on […]
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Psychology, ADHD, genes, dogmatism.
Psychologists have made a brain-related discovery that could revolutionize doctors’ perception and treatment of attention-deficit disorders (ADHD). This discovery opens up the possibility that environmental and/or genetic factors may hinder or suppress a specific brain activity that the researchers have identified as helping us prevent distraction. (1) Free will sacrificed for the sake of gene-based […]
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Science: Work, luck and… well, nothing else!
In town this week to receive their awards, the winners of the most prestigious U.S. government prize for young scientists had some advice for anyone hoping to follow in their footsteps. “Luck goes first,” said Andrew Goodman, an assistant professor of microbial pathogenesis at the Yale School of Medicine and a recipient of the National […]
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Innanimate matter? Well, something more than that…
The features of living matter emerge from inanimate matter in simulation. During a research droplets of filamentous material enclosed in a lipid membrane were used as the models of a “simplified” cell used to simulated the spontaneous emergence of cell motility and division – that is, features of living material – in inanimate “objects”. (1) […]
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Autism as a privilege. Not a disease!
Could drama workshops help children with autism-spectrum disorders? Results from a pilot study called Imagining Autism suggests this might be the case. The research involved 22 children aged between 7 and 12 and consisted of one 45-minute session every week for 10 weeks. During this time, groups of four children entered an enclosed themed environment, […]
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